Fort Gets Detention For Failing Drug Test

December 10, 1987

Gang leader Jeff Fort, who was convicted last month with four others of attempting to obtain $2.5 million from the Libyan government in exchange for committing terrorist acts in this country, has been placed in administrative detention at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center after a random urine test revealed that he smoked marijuana at the center. Fort, who is serving a 13-year prison sentence for a federal drug conviction, was placed in detention for 30 days as punishment.